Jane Bambauer

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, is the cohost of “Free Speech Unmuted” with Hoover Institution fellow Eugene Volokh, one of the foremost U.S. experts on the First Amendment and…

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Posted: February 26, 2024

Ready or not, it appears that the age of AI is upon us. Practically overnight, AI technologies like ChatGPT have slipped into the fabric of daily life, poised to revolutionize the way that we work, the way that we communicate, and even the way that we seek information. There are…

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Posted: November 8, 2023

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “First They Came for Facebook and Instagram; Will Your Favorite Site be Next?” published in the New Jersey Star Ledger on…

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Posted: November 3, 2023

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, was quoted in “Proposed Florida University Regulation Raises First Amendment Concerns” published on bestcolleges.com on Oct. 31. The article focuses on a new regulation that the Florida Legislature has…

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Posted: November 1, 2023

This article by University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Brechner Eminent Scholar Jane Bambauer was originally published in Lawfare on May 8, 2023. Public resentment of the “attention economy” has reached a fever pitch, and the political will to regulate its algorithms is palpable. Right now, there are…

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Posted: October 12, 2023

David Cuillier, director of the  Brechner Freedom of Information Project, and Janet Coats, managing director of UF’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, will participate on panels for the virtual National Freedom of Information Coalition summit from Oct. 3-5. Cuillier will participate in two sessions. The first, “School Shootings…

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Posted: October 3, 2023

Jane Bambauer, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Free Speech Law and the director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida, was quoted in “Disney Files Countersuit in State Court After Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss” published in the Florida Record on Sept. 1. The article…

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Posted: September 6, 2023

The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) and Levin College of Law announced today that First Amendment scholar and teacher Jane Bambauer has been named UFCJC’s  Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication and professor of law at Levin. Bambauer also will assume leadership of the Marion B.…

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Posted: May 4, 2023